Talk:David Dickinson

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[edit] "Cheap as Me" ?

Its "Cheap as Chips", right? --Kiand 17:17, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

'twas vandalised earlier today and then buried under another edit. Never mind. --Kiand 17:18, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New image

I think this article could do with a new image, instead of the.... cartoony vector like version we have now.

Agreed- the present one doesn't quite capture that shade of orange.
Added - the cover of his autobiography. Rgds, - Trident13 21:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Why is it a cartoon picture? Can we get an actual picture of the man? Anton1234 17:33, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] removal of "eccentric"

See Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons. Yandman 09:53, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I can agree with that. I did an overall edit yesterday, but agree with your conclusion. Rgds, - Trident13 10:08, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pointless section?

Is it necessary to have two sections "TV Career" and "Other Television and Radio Shows"? Most of the second section (I'm a Celeb, Who Do You...) should be in the "TV Career" section. Maybe make it one "Broadcasting Career" section? I'd do it myself, but I'm a complete newbie! 86.3.26.160 14:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I think the second section is for guest appearances, the first is for his own programmes. I'm hesitant to change it as I don't think one huge section will help anyone, maybe the sections could be better named though. How does "TV Career" and "Guest Appearances" look? —B33R(talk • contribs) 00:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time in Prison

Article completely omits his 4 year stretch in prison for mail order fraud. See [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.194.63.213 (talk)

Look at the end of the second paragraph in the Biography section. It's right there.
“ At age 19 Dickinson served four years in prison, the majority spent at Strangeways in Manchester, for fraud. ”
Please remember to sign your comments on talk pages by typing four tildes (~) like this: ~~~~. See WP:SIG for more information. —B33R(talk • contribs) 22:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Impressionistic illustrations

"plus the fact that the cartoon is absolutely awful" maybe you should draw your own then

We appear to have two competing artworks depicting DD. I'm reverting to the older of the two as he's more recognisable there. -- Arwel (talk) 02:00, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it would be better to use an actual photograph of the subject. He's a man, not a cartoon. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 13:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Then we need a free image - the cartoon is under a free license. Feel free to go and take a photo of him. Secretlondon 10:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I would but I don't know where to find him. — AnemoneProjectors (zomg!) 12:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Why does this matter particularly for this article? For every other article I've ever seen, Wikipedia takes photos and such from all over the place then claims fair use. CheShA. 86.15.255.46 11:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I agree with AnemoneProjectors - plus the fact that the cartoon is absolutely awful. -Trampikey(talk)(contribs) 23:28, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to remove the image because he's not a cartoon. — AnemoneProjectors (I can't help it if I've got a natural curl to my hair!) 14:05, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
A free license cartoon is better than no picture at all (and in my opinion better than a fair use photo would be too). The image is at least recognizable as him so I'm putting it back in. JMiall₰ 22:35, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. No image at all would be better an a cartoon image of him. I'm going to list the image for deletion. — AnemoneProjectors (会話) 23:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

A free image has been added now. Can we get rid of the illustration? — AnemoneProjectors (会話) 17:59, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

If you think it will improve the article then go for it. I'd be tempted to chop out the camera crew in the new photo as well. JMiall₰ 13:13, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
Actually I've grown to like it now! I agree with the cropping. — AnemoneProjectors (会話) 16:13, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why so dramatic?

Why not say the show was "cancelled" instead of "axed?" Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a yellow rag. Landroo 17:10, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Mother

Unreferenced bit at the start about his mother does not make sense to me. His mum collected antiques which sparked off his interest in the trade but then it goes on to mention that his only contact with his biological mother was through letters and they never met? So he became an expect on antiques because of a load of antiques he never had a chance to see first hand...? Doesn't seem likely to me ClimberDave (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] image used without permission

My cartoon version of david dickinson has been used on this page without permission or reference to me the artist! Please see http://www.barginhuntgame.co.uk where you'll see the origin of the talked about image!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewbennion (talk • contribs) 10:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for raising this. The image was uploaded by User:ThePaper who tagged it with a licence claiming that they are the creator of the image. I'll ask them to comment here. In any case, now that we have a freely licensed photograph in the article, the cartoon is probably not required. Waggers (talk) 14:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Born where?

The article claims Stockport in the lead and Macclesfield in the first section as Dickinson's birthplace. Which is correct? --Jza84 |  Talk  00:22, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

This source doesn't give his birthplace but says he was adopted soon after his birth by a couple living in Cheadle Heath, Stockport. Who Do You Think You Are revealed some more detail, but it seems fairly clear that his actual birthplace is unknown. (Therefore, neither assertion in the article is true/verifiable). Waggers (talk) 15:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)